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Department : Psychology Service (116B)

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Member Site Information
APPIC Member Number: 9979
Program Type: Post Doctoral
Membership Type: Full Membership
Site: Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial VA Medical Center
Department: Psychology Service (116B)
Address: 200 Springs Road
Bedford, Massachusetts 01730
Country: United States
Metro Area: Not Applicable
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH
Distance from Major City: 20 miles to the Northwest of Boston
Phone: 781-687-3056x
Fax: 781-687-2169
Training Director Email: richard.amodio@va.gov
Co-Training Director Email:
Web Address: https://www.va.gov/bedford-health-care/work-with-us/internships-and-fellowships/
Brochure Website's Address: https://www.va.gov/bedford-health-care/work-with-us/internships-and-fellowships/
Primary Agency Type: Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Additional Agency Types:
Member of APPIC since: 2002
Accreditation
APA Accreditation Accredited
CPA Accreditation Not Accredited
Postdoctoral Staff/Faculty Information
Training Director: Richard Amodio
Chief Psychologist: Maura Pellowe
Number of Full-Time Licensed Doctoral Psychologists on Staff/Faculty 47
Number of Part-Time Licensed Doctoral Psychologists on Staff/Faculty 1
Number of Non-Psychologist Staff/Faculty who Supervise Post-docs 4
Position Information
Start Date: 07/12/2027
Funded
Number of Full Time Slots Expected Next Class: 16
Number of Part Time Slots Expected Next Class: 0
Stipend
Full Time Annual Stipend for Next Class: 61135
Part Time Annual Stipend for Next Class: 0
Fringe Benefits: Health Insurance, Professional Development Time, Sick Leave, Vacation
Other Fringe Benefits (not indicated above): 13 days of accrued vacation, 11 Federal holidays, 4 professional development days, and accrued sick time
Brief description of the typical work day for a postdoc at this training site Please see online brochure: https://www.va.gov/bedford-health-care/work-with-us/internships-and-fellowships/
Does this site have practicum psychology students on site? Yes
Doctoral Psychology Practicum StudentsYes
Masters Psychology Practicum StudentsNo
Do Psychology Interns/Postdocs Have the Opportunity to Supervise Practicum Students?Yes
Is this program fully affiliated with one or more doctoral programs? No
Is this program partially affiliated with one or more doctoral programs? No
Postdoctoral Application Process
Application Due Date: 12/15/2026 11:59 PM EST
How to obtain application info: Visit Website
Preferred method of contacting the program: Email the Program
We have matched with interns from these programs:
The program uses the APPA Centralized Application Service: Yes
A Virtual Interview is: Required
Interview notification date: 01/04/2027
Tentative interview date: 01/15/2027
Interview process description:

Each of the residency program's eleven tracks of the Clinical Psychology Residency program arrange directly with selected applicants regarding interview times and dates.  For the upcoming selection process, all interviews will occur remotely.
Postdoctoral Applicant Requirements
US Citizenship Required: Yes
If NOT a U.S. Citizen, Authorization to Work in the US is Required No
Canadian Citizenship Required: No
If NOT a Canadian Citizen, Authorization to Work in Canada is Required: No
This institution, department, internship, or postdoctoral program requires trainees to sign a statement about personal behavior and/or religious beliefs as a condition of admission and/or retention in the program: No
How to obtain text of statement:
Program Description

The program offers positions within the Clinical Psychology program in the following eleven areas of emphasis

PTSD: Residents receive comprehensive training in PTSD assessment and evidence-based treatment for trauma-related disorders.  Residents gain experience in cognitive processing therapy, prolonged exposure, and other trauma-informed interventions.

Psychotherapy and Clinic Adminsitration: Residents will provide psychotherapy to Veterans in the Mental Health Clinic and a community-based outpatient treatment clinic, addressing a range of disorders (including PTSD, depression, substance use, anxiety, and reintegration challenges).  Residents will also engage a range of adminsitrative and program development opportunities in the MHC.

Interprofessional Education: Residents have unique clinical, didactic, and experiential opportunities to acquire advanced training in integrated care. Trainees in this rotation become ambassadors of interprofessional practice across the hospital and outpatient clinics while providing Veteran-centered clinical care.

College Counseling: Residents provide psychotherapy to student Veterans who are newly accessing mental health services and who are also enrolled in neighboring colleges and universities. Residents work with an interprofessional team of mental health providers to provide high-level clinical care and address a range of issues related to reintegration.

Interdisciplinary Psychosocial Rehabilitation (PSR):Within this position, the resident will become part of a team of post-graduate fellows. Residents train within two primary PSR venues, and will also become actively involved in program development and educational dissemination.

Community Reintegration: Within this position, three innovative psychosocial rehabilitation programs at the Bedford VA are integrated into a recovery-focused resident training, involving supported employment, supported self-employment and supported education.

Primary Care Mental Health Integration (PCMHI):Residents fully participate in all aspects of an integrated PCBH program. In addition, residents will be a part of a collaborative training program with the UMass School of Medicine

Intimate Partner Violence: This innovative program offers a unique opportunity to work with Veterans who use or experience interpersonal violence in their relationships.  The resident will engage a range of assessment and intervention with Veterans as well as program development and outreach activities.

Addiction Treatment Program: The resident will engage in motivational enhancement and other empirically-based interventions via individual and group psychotherapy with veterans who smoke. Opportunities for research also exist.

Geropsychology: Residents provide best-care practices for older veterans and their families.  Rotations include:  Community Living Centers, Hospice and Palliative Care Center (inpatient unit and hospital-wide PCC team),  Home-Based Primary Care Team (HBPC), and the Outpatient Geropsychology Clinic.  

Women's Health & Family Services: Residents have a unique opportunity to be part of an interdisciplinary team in supporting female-identified veterans and families with a focus upon reproductive mental health care and interpersonal violence.   There is a strong emphasis on veteran-centered care within ecological and social justice/advocacy models of mental health care.

Postdoctoral Training Opportunities

Populations
Infants:
Toddlers:
Children:
Adolescents:
Adults: Yes
Family: Yes
Older Adults: Yes
Inpatients: Yes
Outpatients: Yes
LGBTQ+: Yes
Ethnic minorities: Yes
Spanish-speaking:
French-speaking:
Deaf/Hearing-impaired:
Students: Yes
International Students:
Rural:
Urban:
Low income: Yes
People without housing: Yes
Other: Veterans; couple therapy

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Treatment Modalities
Assessment:
Individual Therapy: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Couples Therapy: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Family Therapy:
Group Therapy: Emphasis (31% to 49%)
Community Intervention: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Consultation/Liaison: Emphasis (31% to 49%)
Crisis Intervention:
Brief Psychotherapy: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Long-term Psychotherapy: Experience (21% to 30%)
Cognitive Rehabilitation: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Primary Care: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Evidenced Based Practice: Emphasis (31% to 49%)
Evidence Based Research:
Supervision of Practicum students : Exposure (1% to 20%)
Other:

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Experience
Health Psychology: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Women's Health: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
HIV/AIDS:
Eating Disorders:
Sexual Disorders:
Sports Psychology:
Rehabilitation Psychology:
Physical Disabilities:
Learning Disabilities:
Developmental Disabilities:
Assessment: Emphasis (31% to 49%)
Neuropsychology-Adult: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Neuropsychology-Child:
Serious Mental Illness: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Anxiety Disorders: Emphasis (31% to 49%)
Trauma/PTSD: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Sexual Abuse:
Substance Use Disorders: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Forensics/Corrections:
Sexual Offenders:
Geropsychology: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Pediatrics:
School:
Counseling:
Vocational/Career Development: Emphasis (31% to 49%)
Multicultural Therapy: Experience (21% to 30%)
Feminist Therapy:
Religion/Spirituality:
Empirically-Supported Treatments: Emphasis (31% to 49%)
Public Policy/Advocacy:
Program Development/Evaluation: Experience (21% to 30%)
Supervision: Exposure (1% to 20%)
Research: Experience (21% to 30%)
Administration: Experience (21% to 30%)
Integrated health care - primary: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Integrated health care - specialty:
Other:

Please note with regard to major area of study emphasis areas checked above - each of the eleven postdoctoral residency tracks have specific content areas best understood by reviewing the programs online brochure.  That is, a number of the emphasis areas listed above are necessarily unique to one or more of the specific tracks of training.

Additional information about training opportunities: Not all rotations or training experiences may be available as described in the APPIC Directory. Please consult the program's application materials or their website at: https://www.va.gov/bedford-health-care/work-with-us/internships-and-fellowships/  for a complete description of the training opportunities available at this training site. IF the site has not updated their information by August 1, feel free to contact the Training Director for additional information.

Summary of the Characteristics of the Specified Postdoctoral Class
2017-2018 2018-2019 2019-2020 2020-2021 2021-2022 2022-2023 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027
Number of Completed Applications: 115 118 120 112 110 66 41 58 70 45
Where did Former Postdoctoral Fellows Go (1st Placement)?
2022-2023 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026
Total Number of post-docs: 8 9 12 10
Still a Postdoctoral Fellow: 0 1 0 0
Academic teaching: 1 0 1 0
Community mental health center: 0 0 0 0
Consortium: 0 0 0 0
University Counseling Center: 0 0 0 0
Hospital/Medical Center: 1 2 3 0
Veterans Affairs Health Care System: 5 2 1 4
Psychiatric facility: 0 1 0 1
Correctional facility: 0 0 0 0
Health Maintenance Organization: 0 0 0 0
School district/system: 0 0 0 0
Independent practice setting: 0 3 7 2
Other (Academic Psychology Department): 1 0 0 3
Link to Program's Trainee Admissions, Support, and Outcome Data:
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